La Seine À Guernes 

"La Seine À Guernes" is a landscape painting by Maximilien Luce, who was born in 1858 and died in 1941. The canvas presents a tranquil scene with the Seine river reflecting the sky above, establishing a sense of serene symmetry between water and sky. Notice the structural composition, where horizontal bands of blue, green and golden hues create a layered effect. The brushstrokes are visible and textured, adding to the materiality of the work. Luce explores the interplay between natural forms and their reflections. Trees punctuate the horizon line, their forms mirrored imperfectly in the water, thus disrupting any stable binary of reality versus representation. The painting engages with post-structuralist ideas about how meaning is continuously deferred through signs and representation. The reflections in "La Seine À Guernes" serve not merely as visual phenomena but as philosophical cues. The artist challenges our assumptions about authenticity by emphasizing the fluid and contingent nature of perception.